Mr. Roosevelt Walter Schimmel, age 62, of Marietta passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013. Mr. Schimmel was born in Mainstockheim, Germany on June 7, 1951. He was the son of the late Roosevelt Thomas and the late Johanna Magadelena Nobel Schimmel. Mr. Schimmel was a veteran of the United States Army and worked in Quality Assurance at Lockheed. Survivors include two daughters, Morgan Elizabeth Justice and Lauricia Shawn Clarke; two sons, Christopher Lee Schimmel and Lukas Avery Schimmel; two sister, Lina Schimmel Rosenda Thomas; five grandchildren, Ava Jade Justice, Darrick Viles, Christopher Sutcliffe, Molly-Anne Kirby and Michale Kirby; and a number of other relatives. A gathering and memorial service will be conducted Thursday, October 3, 2013 from 3:30 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. at Red Sky Tapas. Hutcheson’s Memorial Chapel & Crematory of Buchanan is in charge of the arrangements. You may post an on-line condolence at :

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